# Juri Seo

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**Juri Seo** (Korean: 서주리; born December 31, 1981) is a South Korean composer. A 2016 [Guggenheim Fellow](/source/Guggenheim_Fellow), she has released several albums, two of which were with [Innova Recordings](/source/Innova_Recordings). She is also Professor at the [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) Department of Music.

## Biography

Juri Seo was born on December 31, 1981[3] in South Korea.[4] She studied at the [Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia](/source/Accademia_Nazionale_di_Santa_Cecilia) under [Ivan Fedele](/source/Ivan_Fedele), and obtained her bachelor of arts degree at [Yonsei University](/source/Yonsei_University) and her master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees at [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](/source/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign).[5] Her doctoral dissertation *Jonathan Harvey's string quartets* (2013) was supervised by [Reynold Tharp](/source/Reynold_Tharp).[6]

She is Professor of Music at the [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) Department of Music.[5] She was awarded an [American Academy of Arts and Letters](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters) Goddard Lieberson Fellowship in 2014.[7] In 2016, she was awarded a [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship).[8]

She released two albums with [Innova Recordings](/source/Innova_Recordings): *Mostly Piano* (2017) and *Respiri* (2019).[1][2] Andrew Stock of *I Care If You Listen* said that the latter "illuminates some of [her] core aesthetic preoccupations through a trio of key works".[9] In 2021, she was awarded an [Andrew Imbrie Award in Music](/source/Andrew_Imbrie_Award_in_Music) in 2021.[7] She released another album *Toy Store*, a collaboration with violinist Jinjoo Cho, through Carrier Records on May 5, 2024.[10] She performed the main titular piece for Wonkak Kim and Eunhye Grace Choi's album *Arcade*, which Patrick Hanudel of the *[American Record Guide](/source/American_Record_Guide)* called a "spunky opener".[11]

Hyeseon Jin cites the [South Korean](/source/South_Korea) state and [Korean traditional music](/source/Korean_traditional_music) as inspirations for Seo's work.[12]

She is from [Princeton, New Jersey](/source/Princeton,_New_Jersey).[5]

## References

1. ["Mostly Piano"](https://innova.mu/album/mostly-piano/). *Innova Recordings*. Retrieved 2025-05-01.

1. ["Respiri"](https://innova.mu/album/respiri/). *Innova Recordings*. Retrieved 2025-05-01.

1. ["Juri Seo, composer & pianist"](https://www.juriseomusic.com/about). *Juri Seo*. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

1. ["Juilliard Percussion Ensemble"](https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/12.3_percussion_ensemble.pdf). *The Juilliard School*. 2018. Retrieved 2025-05-01.

1. ["Juri Seo"](https://music.princeton.edu/people/juri-seo/). *Department of Music at Princeton University*. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

1. ["Jonathan Harvey's string quartets"](https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/44216). *IDEALS*. Retrieved 2025-05-01.

1. ["All Awards"](https://www.artsandletters.org/awards). *American Academy of Arts and Letters*. Retrieved 2025-04-30.

1. ["Juri Seo"](https://www.gf.org/fellows/juri-seo/). *Guggenheim Fellowship*. Retrieved 2025-04-28.

1. Stock, Andrew (2019-08-27). ["Respiri: Juri Seo and Argus Quartet Debut Sophomore Portrait on innova"](https://icareifyoulisten.com/2019/08/respiri-juri-seo-argus-quartet-innova/). *I Care If You Listen*. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

1. McKay, Tristan (2024-05-28). ["Juri Seo's "Toy Store" Plays Upon Memory, Nostalgia, and Childhood"](https://icareifyoulisten.com/2024/05/juri-seos-toy-store-plays-upon-memory-nostalgia-and-childhood/). *I Care If You Listen*. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

1. Hanudel, Patrick (2025). ["Arcade"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/3168807269). *American Record Guide*. Vol. 88, no. 2. p. 133.

1. Jin, Hyeseon (2024). [*Harmonizing Ordinary Elements into Unconventional: Exploring the Musical Style of Korean Living Composer, Juri Seo*](https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iuswrrest/api/core/bitstreams/07f5f2a2-ea7e-4098-bd3c-5d38a70a4dfa/content) (Doctor of Music). Indiana University.

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